Rooting the Samsung Gravity SMART

In most UNIX and Linux based operating systems, "root" is the most common name given to the superuser--the user on the system that can do absolutely anything. Thus, when we talk about "rooting" a phone, we mean that we are gaining access to the superuser-level system access that is otherwise blocked on most Android phones. This allows a large degree of flexibility (along with more power to royally screw things up. But if that happens, we've got you covered).

On most Android phones, there is at least one local privilege-escalation vulnerability that can be used to gain root access. Various tools have been written to exploit these vulnerabilities, and the one that works best with the Samsung Gravity SMART is SuperOneClick which you can download at shortfuse.org. To use SuperOneClick, follow the instructions below: